4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875. Includes reports on the improvement of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
20 p. Selected pages of the Executive Documents of the House of Representatives during the third session of the fortieth Congress in 1868-1869. Includes selected pages from the Report of the Secretary of War, part II.
1 p. article describing the building of the Columbia River Highway, including construction details. The article also contains four photographs: one depicting the bridge at Shepperd's Dell, one depicting the entrance to the observatory tunnel, one depicting Mitchell's Tunnel through Storm Cliff; one showing the overlook at Crown Point on the Columbia River.
Article from Scientific American describing the building of the Columbia River Highway, including construction details. The article also contains four photographs: one depicting the bridge at Shepperd's Dell, one depicting the entrance to the observatory tunnel, one depicting Mitchell's Tunnel through Storm Cliff; one showing the overlook at Crown Point on the Columbia River.
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of the Columbia, Snake, and Willamette rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
13 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1873. Also included are annual reports on the works of river improvement for the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Oregon.
65 p. Includes sections of Appendix PP: 1883 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, and other works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
58 p. Includes sections of Appendix OO: 1881 annual report of Maj. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, Bvt. Lieut. Col., detailing construction, navigation, surveys and other works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
9 p. Selected pages from the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army for 1883. Included are annual reports upon works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
4 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1877. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
32 p. This pamphlet, produced by the Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce, promotes their locale to new settlers, investors, business and manufacturing. Covering Klamath Falls and Klamath County, the booklet provides a population count for 1904-1906, business and professional representation, available educational and religious denominations, local transportation, employment, recreation and other information of interest to a prospective inhabitant.
74 p. Includes sections of Appendix MM: 1880 annual report of Maj. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, Bvt. Lieut. Col., detailing construction, surveys and other works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
42 p. Includes sections of Appendix JJ: 1878 annual report of Maj. John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, detailing surveys and works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
32 p. Includes sections of Appendix FF: Annual reports of Maj. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers, detailing works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph with the caption "View on the Columbia River, Middle Block House, Cascades". Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1264 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The view is along the Columbia River. Evergreens and tree-covered mountains line the shores above low rocky beaches or cliffs. Tree-covered islands are in the distance. In the lower right foreground of the picture is a line of railroad tracks, with some sort of wooden frame structures running alongside. Middle Block House was a wooden fort.
59 p. Includes sections of Appendix OO: 1882 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, surveys and other works of improvement for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
49 p. Includes sections of Appendix SS: 1885 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, and Appendix TT: reports of Maj. W. A. Jones, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction and other works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette, Columbia and Snake rivers.
53 p. Includes sections of Appendix QQ: 1884 annual report of Capt. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers, detailing construction, surveys and other works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
19 p. Selected pages of the Executive Documents of the House of Representatives during the second session of the forty-first Congress in 1869-1870. Includes selected pages of the Report of the Secretary of War, Volume II.
A hand-colored photograph of a boat landing, used as a postcard with the heading "Boat Landing on Columbia River, Hood River, Oregon" in red at the top. In the background of the photograph on the far side of the river are low hills and trees.On the near side, a stern wheeler dominates the scene. To either side of it are a barge and another smaller steamboat; behind the barge is the tip of a sail. The landing is across from a small island.The sternwheeler appears to have just arrived; a small crowd is on the upper deck and a larger crowd on the lower. A man or boy sits on the edge of the lower deck with his legs hanging over the water. On the bank a crowd of about two dozen men and women and a couple of horses is gathered. The women wear long dresses. Some of the men are in suits and others in work clothes. To the left of the landing is a white wooden gate and a barbed-wire fence.
71 p. A report submitted to the National Resources Committee and the state planning boards of Washington and Oregon by the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Columbia Gorge Committee, detailing the findings of their study of ways to conserve the scenic beauty of the Columbia River Gorge.
9 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army for 1886. Included are annual reports upon works of river and harbor improvements for the Willamette, Columbia and Snake rivers.
6 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1879. Included are annual reports upon works of river improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
8 p. Selected pages of the Report of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, for 1880. Included are annual reports detailing improvements of rivers in Oregon and Washington territory.
399 p. Written by the U. S. Department of the Interior, this document outlines a plan for the use of water and other physical resources of the Columbia River Basin. Presented in the report are descriptions of the basin's natural resources, its people, their use of the resources, as well as related investigations and summaries on affiliated problems and possibilities. As to use of physical resources, the principal emphasis is upon water utilization. This 1947 edition was issued in advance of its publication as a Congressional Document; it includes black and white photos, and numerous maps covering power facilities, developed and undeveloped land, and water resources.
A black-and-white photograph. At the bottom is written in white ink "No. 126. River Front, Arlington, Oregon. B.C. Markham The Dalles Ore." The picture was taken looking down a hill towards Arlington and the Columbia River. Various houses, yards, and buildings are visible. At the right of the photograph is a railyard, with a large water tank at far right and a smaller, taller one closer to the water. At least three segments of trains are on the tracks: one is on the outskirts of town, and a few other railroad cars are visible on two different tracks amongst the buildings of the railyard, including a boxcar with an open door and a round tanker car. In the distance beyond the town, the line of the railroad tracks and the line of a road parallel each other just above the river bank. The eye can follow them a long way down the river, past a landscape which with its treeless bluffs on both sides of the river looks barren and deserted. On the hill above them runs a line of telephone or telegraph poles which continues down into and through the village. In the foreground of the photo beyond the boulders at the edge of the hill from which the photo seems to have been taken is a house and yard (with the corner of another yard showing). Two privies or outhouses are visible at right. In the center a person in a hat and jacket stands next to a pile of firewood. Behind the person is a water pump in the yard. This house has a lean-to or shed which is roofed with tar paper and has a stove pipe sticking out. Other wooden houses, and some fenceposts, are visible through the scattered trees in the town.
2 p. A journal article giving some history and financial information, as well as a great deal of construction detail, for the jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The work of the pile-driver and use of railroad cars to carry construction supplies on the miles-long trestle are described. Messrs. M. J. Kinney and Robert Gibson are thanked for the accompanying illustrations and data used in the article. The five photographs show lowering of "mattresses" at the end of the jetty; a train load of rock starting its run out; loading rock onto the dump-cars at the jetty dock; the jet pile-driver used in constructing the trestle; and dumping rocks after the "mattresses" have been lowered.
A black-and-white photo with white text written at the bottom: "C-13. Log cradle where ocean going log rafts are built on Columbia River". The photograph shows a framework of upright posts held together with boards connecting the tops of the posts. A second set of boards runs along the posts just above the water. Each post also has a board bolted to each side about five feet above the water, and these boards slant down diagonally into the river. The "cradle" appears to be put together in long sections, with gaps between the sections. In the center of the picture the area in between the slanting sides of the "cradle" is filled with logs lying end to end in the water. Some of the logs still retain bark and moss, and others are smooth. Two people are standing on logs, one on each side of the "cradle". The man on the right wears a hat, suit, light shirt, and tie, and seems to have his hands in his pocket. The other person is all in dark colors and does not appear to be wearing a hat. Not far beyond him the water in the "cradle" is empty of logs. To the left of the image is a line of trees near the water.
A colored postcard view of the Columbia River. In the top right-hand corner in red the text reads "Bridge of the Gods, Columbia River. On line of O. R. & N. Co." In the foreground of the picture is a rocky shore, and similar rocky islands are seen. Past them rush the foamy white-capped rapids of the river. Across the water, at the extreme left of the picture, is what appears to be a dwelling, with a fence or pilings driven in next to it along the water. In the middle of the far shore is a group of tipis. All along behind the shore is a dark row of forest trees, mostly conifers, but with some deciduous trees which are painted to indicate it is early fall, with orange and brown leaves amongst the green. Behind the strip of forest rise barren-looking mountains. O. R. & N. Co. stands for "Oregon Railway and Navigation Company".
A colored photographic postcard. At the top left in red is the legend "Columbia River from St. Peter's Dome, Castle Rock in distance". In the foreground a man wearing a gray hat, red shirt, green-gold overalls, and black boots kneels at the top of a cliff on a formation identified as St. Peter's Dome. Below him is a steep but forested slope to the Columbia River below. At the bottom of the slope but further along the river is a segment of what appears to be a road or railroad right-of-way. Behind the man is a small waterfall. Beyond him is a view along the river, with Castle Rock half-obscured on the opposite shore, and mountains rising in the distance.
A colored photographic postcard. At upper left the caption in red reads "Ocean-Going Log Raft on the Columbia River". The photo is dominated by the cigar-shaped "raft" of logs chained together. A length of chain is piled on top of them, along with some rope. The raft of logs appears to be floating next to a dock. In the distance on the water and near the shore are several other boats. Among the trees on the shore, there appears to be several large buildings. Far across the water are mountains.
Map showing position of available aerial photographs of the Bonneville Dam area taken in 1939 as part of the OCSW railroad survey. Contemporary terrain, major roads, populated places, and the Columbia River are shown as points of comparison.
Page 303 of an article by Randall R. Howard. The author describes the construction of the Columbia River Highway, and takes us on an automobile journey along the Highway from Portland, Oregon to The Dalles and Celilo Falls.
230 p. Documentation of summaries of the inventories and studies that were conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Divison, and proposed management direction for the Subject Management Areas as required by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act.
189 p. Documentation of the history of the Bonneville Power Administration, including the evolution of the Bonneville Dam and historical photographs of the Pacific Northwest.
16 p. Selected pages of the Appendixes to the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1874. Included are annual reports upon works of improvements for the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
1 p. Article describing the construction and use of rafts designed to transport lumber on the Columbia River. Also included on the page is the completion of an unrelated article, as well as a summary of the contents of the journal supplement.
30 p. This pamphlet, published by the Bonneville Power Administration, details that body's construction of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams. It discusses the benefits from improved inland navigation and transportation, irrigation, and power supply produced by these projects. There is much discussion and comparison of electric rates. The pamphlet is heavily illustrated with black and white drawings, charts, and maps.